Hike Bike Paddle Camp Florida with authors Sandra Friend and John Keatley as your guides
Places to hike and bike along rivers in Florida, including nature trails, paved trails, and long stretches of the Florida Trail. For paddling trails along Florida rivers, see Rivers.
One of the most rugged hikes in Florida, the Torreya Hiking Trail treats you to an scenic landscape of bluffs and ravines to 300 feet above the Apalachicola River.
At Troy Spring State Park, the nature trail is only a half-mile long, but a good introduction to habitats found along the bluffs of the Suwannee River.
A broad boardwalk trail that showcases a clear, healthy tannic stream, the Turkey Creek Nature Trail is a family park in Niceville where tubing is part of the fun.
Turkey Creek Sanctuary is a preserve of 117 acres along Turkey Creek in Palm Bay, with boardwalks carrying you over a variety of habitats and a nature center for the kids.
A linear trail, the Upper Hillsborough River Hiking Trail meanders through pine flatwoods, oak hammocks, and floodplain forests along the edge of the Hillsborough River basin.
Surrounding a sparkling first-magnitude spring, Weeki Wachee Springs State Park has been a draw for tourists since its mermaids first started wooing visitors in the 1940s.
Welaka State Forest protects more than four miles of deeply forested waterfront on the St. Johns River
With two different trails – gentle and wild – showing off the park’s natural features, Withlacoochee River Park is a popular overnight camping destination.
